The Harvest Moon Drive-In is only open on the weekends in April, May, and September, daily throughout June, July, August, and its closed during the winter, but that does not stop the wind from blowing. Here is another great example of a business lowering its energy costs that can now put that money towards the customer experience.
GIBSON CITY, Ill. - "Monsters vs. Aliens" had top billing at the Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In in Gibson City. But the three-armed, 50-foot beast at the gate and its shorter companion weren't part of the production.
Drive-in owner Mike Harroun (huh-ROON') has installed two energy-producing wind turbines. He believes the Harvest Moon is now the world's only wind-powered drive-in.
The turbines feed power to the electric grid and the theater is credited for that energy.
Harroun says the turbines will initially cut his costs by 30 percent. Eventually, he hopes the turbines will provide all of the drive-in's power. The Harvest Moon is the only drive-in in east-central Illinois. Gibson City is about 30 miles north of Champaign.
Information from: The Pantagraph, http://www.pantagraph.com
Check out the Harvest Moon Drive-in here (with more pics of the windmills).
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